Beverage substance cartridge, filtering apparatus, beverage producing equipment, beverage producing system and beverage producing method

ABSTRACT

The invention provides a beverage substance cartridge, a tea filtering apparatus, a beverage producing equipment, a beverage producing system and a beverage producing method to solve the problem in the present technology that people eat tea leaf powder when drinking tea from present tea brewing equipment and it is troublesome to clear away tea leaf powder in the equipment. The invention could efficiently filter tea leaves and get rid of the trouble of clearing away used tea leaves manually. The beverage substance cartridge is used in conjunction with the tea filtering apparatus, the piercing point of the triangular pyramid structure could pierce the sealing cover of the beverage substance cartridge and then form matrix-shaped filtering holes in the sealing cover, brewed tea water could flow out, and used tea leaf is left in the extracting cartridge, so the filtering process is simple and convenient without clearing away tea leaves manually.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The invention relates to a beverage producing field, specially a kind ofbeverage substance cartridge, an identifying apparatus, a beverageproducing equipment, a beverage producing system and a beverageproducing method.

2. Related Background Art

Drinking tea and tasting tea is a long-lasting tradition in China.People drinking tea frequently not only could cultivate their taste, butalso prolong their life. Especially there are over 100 tea leafvarieties in China, every variety has its unique characteristics, anddifferent brewing methods are for different tea leaf varieties to exertdifferent advantages of every variety during brewing. For example, thereare different requirements for water temperatures, brewing times andtime.

Meanwhile, traditional tea drinking way is to put tea leaves directlyinto a tea pot which is then filled with hot water for brewing and thento drink tea, but the inconvenience is that all the process is handledand controlled manually, and this could be realized by people withpretty much spare time or professional tea tasters, while it is tootime-consuming for people at offices who want to drink tea.

In order to realize automatic tea brewing, a very simple automatic teabrewing equipment with a single function is designed (for example, referto the Chinese invention patent with patent application number200410041385.2). The invention has a cup-shaped filtering screen used tofilter tea leaf, but the cup-shaped filtering screen has relativelylarge meshes which could only filter some comparatively large tealeaves, so small and fine tea leaf powder is mixed into tea water.

No matter through manual tea making or an automatic tea brewingequipment, brewed tea water is always mixed with tea leaves, peoplealways eat tea leaf powder when drinking tea, tea leaf powder in a teabrewing equipment or a tea set has to be cleared away afterwards, andthe whole process operation is pretty troublesome.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is, therefore, an object of the invention to provide a beveragesubstance cartridge, a filtering apparatus, a beverage producingequipment, a beverage producing system and a beverage producing methodto solve the troublesome problem of the present technology that peopleeat tea leaf powder when drinking tea brewed from a tea brewingequipment and have to clear away tea leaf powder in the equipmentafterwards.

In order to realize the above mentioned objects, the invention hasadopted the following technical plan:

There is provided a beverage substance cartridge comprising a cartridgebody which accommodates substance for beverage production and a sealingcover to seal the substance in the cartridge body, and the sealing coverincludes at least two layers of sealing film made of different material.

The sealing cover consists three layers of the sealing film, and thethree layers of sealing film are an inner layer of sealing film, amiddle layer of sealing film and an outer layer of sealing film, whichare in sequence from inside of cartridge body to outside. The innerlayer of sealing film is made of polypropylene material, the middlelayer of sealing film is made of aluminum foil material, and the outerlayer of sealing film is made of polyethylene terephthalate material.

The substance is any one of or a combination of at least two of tealeaf, dried vegetable, dried fruit and Chinese medicinal herb.

There is provided a filtering apparatus which provides a filteringfunction for the beverage substance cartridge comprising a base platecorresponding to the shape of the beverage substance cartridge. On thefront surface of base plate, plural piercing components set evenly,which could pierce the sealing cover of the beverage substancecartridge, the piercing component includes a piercing base which sets onthe base plate and a piercing point which is forming integrated with thepiercing base, and the base plate is set with plural filtering holes.

The front surface of the base plate is a convex arc surface.

The piercing point is a multi-edge pyramid, the piercing base is amulti-edge cylinder, and plural filtering holes run through piercingpoints, the piercing base and the base plate.

The piercing point is a multi-edge pyramid, the piercing base is acylinder, and plural filtering holes run through the piercing points,the piercing base and the base plate.

The piercing point is a cone, the piercing base is a cylinder, andplural filtering holes run through the piercing points, the piercingbase and the base plate.

The piercing point is a polygonal pyramid, the piercing base is apolygonal cylinder, and plural filtering holes run through the baseplate.

The piercing point is a polygonal pyramid, the piercing base is acylinder, and plural filtering holes run through the piercing base andthe base plate.

The piercing point is a polygonal pyramid, the piercing base is amulti-edge cylinder, and plural filtering holes run through the piercingbase and the base plate.

The piercing point is of triangular pyramid structure, the piercing baseis a triangular prismoid, the filtering hole is set between two adjacentedges on the base plate, and three filtering holes are set at the rootof every piercing point.

Further the material of the filtering apparatus is aluminum orpolypropylene plastic.

There is provided a beverage producing equipment which uses the beveragesubstance cartridge for beverage production comprising:

A beverage substance cartridge putting section to put the beveragesubstance cartridge;

A water supplying section which supply water for beverage production;

A brewing apparatus to brews the substance into beverage;

A filtering apparatus which filters beverage brewed from the brewingapparatus;

A water exporting section which exports beverage filtered from thefiltering apparatus;

The filtering apparatus is the filtering apparatus described above.

The filtering apparatus also includes a funnel buckled on the backsurface of the base plate, the funnel is sealed and connected with thebase plate, and the water outlet of the funnel is connected with thewater exporting section.

The beverage producing equipment further comprises a transmittingapparatus to make the sealing film of the beverage substance cartridgepierced by the filtering apparatus and make the central axis of thebeverage substance cartridge consistent with the central axis of thebase plate.

The included angle between the central axis of the base plate of thefiltering apparatus and horizontal is a 60° angle.

The brewing apparatus has a heating section which heats the watersupplied by a water supplying section, a water-filling section whichfills the heated water to the beverage substance cartridge and asteeping section which steeps the substance.

The beverage producing equipment further comprises a controlling sectionwhich sends a controlling command to the beverage substance cartridgeputting section, the water supplying section, the brewing apparatus, thetransmitting apparatus, the filtering apparatus and the water exportingsection.

There is provided a beverage producing system comprising the beverageproducing equipment and the beverage substance cartridge describedabove.

There is provided a beverage producing method using the beverageproducing system described above for beverage production comprising thefollowing steps:

1) The beverage substance cartridge is put in the beverage substancecartridge putting section;

2) The transmitting apparatus slantwise moves the beverage substancecartridge putting section and pushes towards the filtering apparatus;

3) The piercing points on the filtering apparatus pierce the sealingcover of the beverage substance cartridge;

4) The water filling section fills water to the beverage substancecartridge and brews the substance in the beverage substance cartridge;

5) The filtering apparatus filters brewed beverage out through thefiltering screen during brewing;

6) The tea water filtered from the filtering holes is transported to thewater exporting section through the funnel; and

7) The water exporting section is used exports the beverage filtered.

Due to the technical features above, compared with the presenttechnology, the invention has the following advantages and positiveeffects:

The invention provides the beverage substance cartridge, the teafiltering apparatus, the beverage producing equipment, the beverageproducing system and the beverage producing method to efficiently filtertea leaf and get rid of the trouble of clearing used tea leaf manually.Wherein the beverage substance cartridge is used in conjunction with thetea filtering apparatus, the piercing point of the triangular pyramidstructure could pierce the sealing cover of the beverage substancecartridge and then form matrix-shaped filtering holes in the sealingcover, brewed tea water could flow out, and used tea leaf is left in theextracting cartridge, so the filtering process is simple and convenientwithout clearing away tea leaf manually.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a structural illustration of a beverage producing system in anembodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a structural illustration of the beverage substance cartridgein the embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the beverage substancecartridge in the embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 4 is an AA sectional view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a structural illustration of sealing film of the beveragesubstance cartridge in the embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 6 is a structural diagram of the beverage producing system in theembodiment of the invention;

FIG. 7 is a structural illustration of an initial state of atransmitting apparatus in the embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 8 is a structural illustration of a working state of thetransmitting apparatus in the embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 9 is a front-side structural illustration of a tea filteringapparatus in the embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 10 is a reverse-side structural illustration of the tea filteringapparatus in the embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 11 is a front-side vertical view of the tea filtering apparatus inthe embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 12 is a structural illustration of a piercing component of the teafiltering apparatus in the embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 13 is a structural illustration of a filtering hole in theinvention;

FIG. 14 is a BB sectional view in FIG. 11;

FIG. 15 is a partial enlargement drawing of Part M in embodiment 1;

FIG. 16 is a front-side structural illustration of a tea filteringapparatus in modification 1 of embodiment 1;

FIG. 17 is a reverse-side structural illustration of the tea filteringapparatus in modification 1 of embodiment 1;

FIG. 18 is a front-side vertical view of the tea filtering apparatus inmodification 1 of embodiment 1;

FIG. 19 is an action flowchart of a beverage producing equipment.

FIG. 20 is a longitudinal sectional view of the piercing component inmodification 2 of embodiment 1;

FIG. 21 is a CC sectional view in FIG. 20;

FIG. 22 is a structural illustration of the transmitting apparatus ofthe beverage producing equipment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Preferred embodiments of a beverage substance cartridge, a filteringapparatus, a beverage producing equipment, a beverage producing systemand a beverage producing method in the invention will be described indetail hereinbelow with reference to the drawings. However, theinvention is not only limited to the embodiments. Specific details aregiven in the following preferred embodiments of the invention to givethe public a thorough understanding about the invention.

Embodiment 1

As shown by FIG. 1, the producing equipment system 9 includes thebeverage substance cartridge 1 and the beverage producing equipment 2for use in collaboration.

The beverage producing equipment 2 has a cavity 23 which corresponds tothe beverage substance cartridge 1 in size and shape and is used to putthe beverage substance cartridge 1. The beverage producing equipment 2has a supporting platform 24, which is a detached horizontal platform toput the cup.

One set of beverage producing equipment 2 may be used in collaborationwith different beverage substance cartridges 1. A user only needs toselect a beverage substance cartridge 1, put the cup into the cavity 23of the beverage producing equipment 2, operate according to prompts on adisplay screen 21, and then gets brewed beverage in a minute.

As shown by FIG. 2, the beverage substance cartridge 1 includes acartridge body 10 and a sealing cover 11.

The cartridge body 10 is used to accommodate substance 40 for beverageproduction.

The sealing cover 11 is used to seal the substance 40 in the cartridgebody 10.

The sealing cover 11 includes at least two layers of sealing film madeof different substances. The preferred plan is as follows: the sealingcover is comprised of three layers of sealing film, namely an innerlayer of sealing film, a middle layer of sealing film and an outer layerof sealing film from the inside out of the cartridge body in sequence:the inner layer of sealing film is made of polypropylene substance, thesame with the substance of the cartridge body, and hot-melt technologyis used to seal the cartridge body rapidly after the cartridge body 10accommodates beverage substance; the middle layer of sealing film ismade of aluminum foil substance to make sure the sealing cover hascertain strengthen and durability against breakage; and the outer layerof sealing film is made of polyethylene terephthalate substance whichmakes the sealing cover more aesthetic, and an identification label usedto identify beverage is directly printed on an outer layer of sealingfilm 113. The sealing cover 11 is the sealing film made of at least twolayers of different substances, it is multi-layer co-extrusion sealingfilm with certain flexibility, and after pierced, it will have microdeformation to improve sealing effects.

The side wall of the cartridge body 10 is integrated of plural arcsections, an internal convex edge is formed where two adjacent arcsections are jointed, and hence the side wall will have many rollingedges. Water will form vortex when water contacts the edge of thecartridge body 10, promote the contact between water and tea leaf, andimprove extraction efficiency.

The cartridge body 10 could be pierced by a needle-shaped piercing pointof a water-filling apparatus and also bear pressure formed on the sidewall of the cartridge body when vortex is flowing in the cartridge body.Convex or sunk circular rings are at the bottom of the cartridge body 10to make the cartridge body 10 solider to bear pressure formed at thebottom of the cartridge body 10 when vortex is flowing in the cartridgebody 10.

In the embodiment, the diameter of the bottom surface of the cartridgebody 10 is 38 mm, the diameter of the sealing cover 11 is 50 mm, theinner diameter of the circular ring at the bottom of the cartridge body10 is 12 mm, and the outer circle's diameter is 20 mm. The circular ring13 at the bottom of the cartridge body 10 is raised upwards. Thedistance between two adjacent edges is 5 mm, and the arched convexbetween two adjacent edges is 1.2 mm thick.

As shown by FIG. 4, the sealing cover 11 is the sealing film made of atleast two layers of different substances which is multi-layerco-extrusion sealing film. In the embodiment, the sealing cover 11 isthree-layer sealing film, namely an inner layer of sealing film 111, amiddle layer of sealing film 112 and an outer layer of sealing film 113from the inside out of the cartridge body in sequence. The inner layerof sealing film 111 is made of polypropylene substance, the same withthe substance of the cartridge body, and hot-melt technology is used toseal the cartridge body rapidly after the cartridge body 10 accommodatesbeverage substance; the middle layer of sealing film 112 is made ofaluminum foil substance to make sure the sealing cover has certainstrengthen and durability against breakage; and the outer layer ofsealing film 113 is made of polyethylene terephthalate substance whichmakes the sealing cover more aesthetic, and an identification label usedto identify beverage is directly printed on the outer layer of sealingfilm 113. The sealing cover 11 has certain flexibility and undergoesmicro deformation to improve sealing effects after pierced.

As shown by FIG. 5, the beverage producing equipment 2 includes abeverage substance cartridge putting section 31, a transmittingapparatus 66, an inputting and displaying section 38, an identifyingapparatus 32, a water supplying section 33, a brewing apparatus 34, afiltering apparatus 6, a water exporting section 35, a controllingsection 636 and a beverage substance cartridge collecting section 37.

The beverage substance cartridge putting section 31 which is used to putthe beverage substance cartridge 1 includes the cavity 23 as shown inFIG. 1 which corresponds to the beverage substance cartridge 1 in sizeand shape.

The transmitting apparatus 66 (See FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 for details) is putunder the beverage substance cartridge putting section 31, and thetransmitting apparatus 66 slantways moves or slides the beveragesubstance cartridge putting section 31.

The inputting and displaying section 38 is used to display workinginformation of the beverage producing equipment 2 and information of thebeverage substance 40 and also to input control commands, and theinputting and displaying section 38 includes the display screen 21 andkeyboards 22.

The display screen 21 displays working status of the beverage producingequipment 2 and also displays relevant knowledge about various beveragesubstances 40 (such as tea leaf).

The keyboard 22 is set with corresponding keys to selectively controlthe work of the beverage producing equipment 2, for example, consultingrelevant beverage information or choosing to output commands.

The identifying apparatus 32 is used to identify the substance 40 in thebeverage substance cartridge 1. The identifying apparatus 32 has anobtaining and identifying section 321, a parameter storing section 322and a retrieving and judging section 323.

The obtaining and identifying section 321 is used to obtain theidentification label in the beverage substance cartridge and identifyidentification codes corresponding to the identification label 14.

The pattern identification unit to obtain the identification label 14 isan image pick-up device, such as a camera. The obtaining and identifyingsection 321 translates the identification label 14 obtained into theidentification code readable for the equipment.

A cache (Not shown in the figure) is set inside of the obtaining andidentifying section 321 to save identification code A2 and prepare forcomparison of the identification code next.

The parameter storing section 322 is used to store brewing parameters.

The retrieving and judging section 323 retrieves the parameter storingsection 322 according to the identification label 14 obtained by theobtaining and identifying section 321, and judges the brewing parametercorresponding to the identification label 14.

The water supplying section 33 is used to supply water for beverageproduction. The water supplying section 33 includes a water tank and awater pump, the water tank is used to store clear water, and the waterpump is used to control the water supplying speed which is generallyrepresented by the break-make ratio of the water pump.

The brewing apparatus 34 brews the substance 40 according to the brewingparameters judged by the retrieving and judging section 323, and thenforms beverage. The brewing apparatus 34 has a heating section 341, awater-filling section 342 and a steeping section 343.

The heating section 341 is used to heat water supplied by the watersupplying section. The heating section 341 has a temperature sensorconnected to the controlling section 636. The temperature sensor detectsthe temperature of the water in the heating section 341 in a real-timeway and displays the temperature data in the display screen 21 throughthe controlling section 636 for users to learn Teaism in the beveragebrewing process.

The water filling section 342 is used to fill heated water into thebeverage substance cartridge 1.

The steeping section 343 is used to steep the substance 40. Thesubstance in the embodiment is tea leaf, and the steeping kinds of tealeaf include three kinds namely tea waking, presoaking and extracting insequence.

The filtering apparatus 6 (See FIG. 9, FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 for details)filters the beverage brewed from the brewing apparatus and includes abase plate 61 with the shape corresponding to the beverage substancecartridge 1, and plural piercing components 62 are evenly set on thefront side of the base plate 61. Piercing components 62 pierce thesealing cover 11 of the beverage substance cartridge 1, and the piercingcomponent 62 includes a piercing base 63 set on the base plate and thepiercing point 64 integrated with the piercing base 63 (See FIG. 12 fordetails). Plural filtering holes 65 are set on the base plate 61 and thepiercing point 64 is a polygonal pyramid structure.

As shown by FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, the beverage substance cartridge puttingsection 31 is fixed on the transmitting apparatus 66. The position ofthe beverage substance cartridge putting section 31 is at the top of thebeverage producing equipment 2 under the initial state, and a coveringplate which could be uncovered is right above the beverage substancecartridge putting section 31 for users to put the beverage substancecartridge 1; the beverage substance cartridge 1 is closely adjacent tothe filtering apparatus 6, and pierced by the piercing point 64 of thefiltering apparatus 6, and moreover, the central axis of the beveragesubstance cartridge 1 is consistent with that of the base plate 6. Thetransmitting apparatus 66 slantways moves or slides the beveragesubstance cartridge putting section 31, so the beverage substancecartridge putting section 31 is shifted between two positions.

The filtering apparatus 6 and the transmitting apparatus 66 are mountedon a rack 68 inside of the beverage producing equipment 2, the filteringapparatus 6 is set on the top of the rack 68, and the base plate 61 ofthe filtering apparatus 6 has a certain included angle with the levelsurface, which is generally a 0-60° angle. A 30° angle is selected inthe embodiment, and the central axis of the base plate 61 of thefiltering apparatus 6 has a 30° included angle with the level surface.The transmitting apparatus 66 is set under the filtering apparatus 6,the upward moving route of the beverage substance cartridge puttingsection 31 in the rack 68 has a 30° included angle with the levelsurface, and the angle P shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 is 30°.

As shown by FIG. 9, FIG. 10 and FIG. 11, the piercing point 64 is apolygonal pyramid, the piercing base 63 is a polygonal prism, multi-edgecylinder or column, the filtering hole 65 is set between two adjacentedges on the base plate 61. In the embodiment, the piercing point 64 isa triangular pyramid, the piercing base 63 is a triangular prism, andthree filtering holes 65 run through the base plate. In the embodiment,the filtering hole 65 is set between two adjacent edges of the baseplate 61, three filtering holes 65 are near every piercing component 62,and these three filtering holes 65 and the piercing component 62constitute into a filtering hole group 67. In the invention, possibly24˜60 filtering hole groups 67 are set on the base plate 61 (See FIG. 11and FIG. 13 for details). 48 groups are preferred in the embodiment. Thesealing cover 11 and the filtering hole 65 form a filtering screen tofilter tea leaf. The diameter of the filtering hole 65 is small enoughto keep tea leaf powder into the beverage substance cartridge 1.

In the embodiment, the sealing cover 11 and the filtering hole 65 form afiltering screen, the unit time tea producing amount of the beverageproducing equipment 2, i.e. the unit time tea water filtering amount ofthe filtering apparatus 6, is in proportion to the number of filteringholes 65, and in proportion to the diameter of the filtering hole 65 orthe cross section area of the filtering hole 65, and in inverseproportion to the volume of the beverage substance cartridge 1. The unittime tea water producing amount of the beverage producing equipment 2corresponds to the volume of the beverage substance cartridge 1, thenumber of the filtering holes 65, the diameter of the filtering hole 65or the cross section area of the filtering hole 65 respectively.

As shown by FIG. 12, the piercing point 64 has diverse shapes, only thekeen-edge piercing part is necessary, the cross section area of thepiercing base 63 corresponding to the piercing point should be equal toor larger than the cross section of the piercing point 64, the filteringhole 65 has certain depth to penetrate the base plate 61, or penetratethe base plate 61 and the piercing base 63, and even penetrate the baseplate 61, the piercing base 63 and the piercing point 64 at the sametime.

Before use, the filtering apparatus 6 has a fixing hole in the centrewhich inversely mounts the filtering apparatus 6 in the beverageproducing equipment 2 through the fixing hole, and the piercing point 64is downward after mounting.

The beverage producing equipment 2 also includes the transmittingapparatus 66 which makes the sealing cover 11 of the beverage substancecartridge 1 pierced by the filtering apparatus 6 and the central axis ofthe beverage substance cartridge 1 consistent with the central axis ofthe base plate 61. The transmitting apparatus 66 is a pure mechanicalapparatus to push the beverage substance cartridge putting section 31 toslantways move and slide, make the beverage substance cartridge 1collide into the piercing point 64 of the filtering apparatus 6, thepiercing point 64 pierces the sealing cover of the beverage substancecartridge 1, and at least one filtering hole 65 is set near everypiercing component 62.

In the embodiment, the front side of the base plate 61 is convexcambered surface, the included angle between the base plate 61 of thefiltering apparatus 6 and the level surface is a 60° angle to make surethe piercing point 64 of the filtering apparatus 6 could pierce thesealing cover of the beverage substance cartridge rapidly and correctlyinto many small holes. After piercing the sealing cover 11 of thebeverage substance cartridge, the piercing point 64 keeps the piercingstate, and the filtering holes 65 of the piercing point 64 form afiltering screen. The sealing cover 11 has certain flexibility, andundergoes micro deformation after pierced to improve the sealing effectsnear the piercing point 64.

As shown by FIG. 22, the filtering apparatus 6 also includes a funnel 71buckled on the reverse side of the base plate 61, the funnel 71 issealed and connected with the base plate 61 to prevent leakage of tealeaf. The water outlet of the funnel 71 is connected with waterexporting section 35, and the funnel 71 is used to gather filtered teawater and transport to the water exporting section 35.

In the embodiment, the substance of the filtering apparatus 6 isaluminum or polypropylene plastic. Aluminum or polypropylene plastic isadopted to realize low costs, comparatively light weight, good abrasionresistance and a long service life.

As shown by FIG. 14 and FIG. 15, the angle Q in FIG. 15, i.e. theincluded angle on the top of the piercing point 64, is ranged from 30°to 60°. The preferred plan is a 51.2° angle in the embodiment.

The controlling part of the beverage producing system controls hot waterfilled into the beverage substance cartridge 1, after hot water reachescertain amount, hot water will be filled in continuously to push the teawater in the beverage substance cartridge 1 from the crack between thetea filtering apparatus 6 and the sealing film of the beverage substancecartridge 1 and flow into the tea exporting outlet of the apparatus, andtea water flows into the reverse side of the tea filtering apparatusfrom the front side. Tea water flows into a tea exporting pipe throughthe gap formed by isolated blocks from the reverse side of the teafiltering apparatus 6, and the tea water is exported from the beverageproducing system and flows into the tea cup of users.

The water exporting section 35 exports the brewed beverage. The waterexporting section 35 includes a supporting platform 24 and a wateroutlet (Not shown in the figure), the water outlet is set right abovethe supporting platform 24, and the produced beverage flows out from thewater outlet. The supporting platform 24 is a hollow structure inside,some small, thin and long holes are on the surface of the supportingplatform, and the water overflowing from cups will flow into the cavityof the supporting platform 24 for clearing.

The controlling section 636 is used to send control commands to thewater supplying section 33, the brewing apparatus 34 and the waterexporting section 35. The controlling section 636 and the inputting anddisplaying section 38 have combined action to control displayed contentand operation options of the beverage producing equipment 2.

The beverage substance cartridge collecting section 37 is used tocollect used beverage substance cartridges 1. The beverage substancecartridge collecting section 37 includes a used cup bucket. Thesupporting platform 24 is pushed in and pulled out and the rear part isconnected with a square used cup bucket. After the brewing process isfinished, the mechanical apparatus in the beverage producing equipmentinverts the beverage substance cartridge putting section, and discardsused beverage substance cartridges to the used cup bucket forcollection. After the supporting platform 24 is pulled out, more thanone used beverage substance cartridges are dumped at a time.

As shown by FIG. 16, the action flow for the beverage producing systemto produce beverage in the embodiment includes the following steps:

To put the beverage substance cartridge 1 in the beverage substancecartridge putting section 31, and cover up the cover (Step 101).

Commands are input by using the keyboard 22 in the inputting anddisplaying section 38, the controlling section sends commands to thewater supplying section 33, the brewing apparatus 34 and thetransmitting apparatus 66, and the transmitting apparatus 66 slantwaysmoves the beverage substance cartridge putting section 31 and pushestowards the filtering apparatus 6 (Step 102).

The piercing point 64 on the filtering apparatus 6 pierces the sealingcover 11 of the beverage substance cartridge 1 to make the piercingpoint embedded in the sealing cover (Step 103).

The piercing point 64 and the sealing cover 11 have good sealingperformance, and the filtering hole in the piercing point 64 and thesealing cover 11 of the beverage substance cartridge 1 form a filteringscreen in conjunction to filter tea leaves (Step 104).

The piercing point of the water filling section 342 in the brewingapparatus 34 pierces the bottom of the beverage substance cartridge 1,so the piercing point is embedded in the bottom surface of the cartridgebody 10, and the shortest distance between the piercing point and therim of the cartridge body 10 is 4 mm (Step 105).

The water supplying section 33 is used to supply water, and the heatingsection 341 in the brewing apparatus 34 heats the water supplied by thewater supplying section 33 (Step 106).

The water filling nozzle under the piercing point of the water fillingsection 342 fills hot water into the beverage substance cartridge 1 forbrewing (Step 107).

The filtering apparatus 6 filters brewed beverage through the filteringscreen during brewing (Step 108).

The tea water filtered is transported to the water exporting section 35through the funnel 71 (Step 109).

The water exporting section 35 is used to export filtered beverage (Step110).

After the brewing process is finished, the controlling section 636 sendsa command, and the beverage substance cartridge collecting section 37receives the command and then collects beverage substance cartridges(Step 111).

The invention filters tea leaves efficiently without the trouble ofclearing away tea leaves manually. Wherein the beverage substancecartridge is used collaboratively with the tea filtering apparatus, thepiercing point of the triangular pyramid pierces the sealing cover ofthe beverage substance cartridge and then forms matrix-shaped filteringholes in the sealing cover, brewed tea water flows out, and used tealeaves are kept in the extracting cartridge, so the filtering process issimple and convenient.

Modification 1

As shown by FIG. 17, FIG. 18 and FIG. 19, a piercing point 641 could bea triangular pyramid likewise, a corresponding piercing base 631 is acylinder, and more than one filtering holes run through the piercingbase and base plate. In the embodiment, the piercing point 641 is atriangular pyramid, a corresponding piercing base 631 is a cylinder, andthree filtering holes 651 penetrate the cylinder piercing base and abase plate 611. Plural isolating blocks 691 arranged in a circular ringare set on the reverse side of the base plate 611, the filteringapparatus also includes a filtering screen, the filtering screen is usedin conjunction with the base plate 611, and isolating blocks isolate thefiltering screen and the base plate 611 so the two complete filteringfor two times and the beverage filtering effects are better.

Modification 2

As shown by FIG. 20 and FIG. 21, a piercing point 642 is also acylinder, the corresponding piercing base 632 is a cylinder, and fourfiltering holes 652 penetrate a piercing point 642, the piercing base632 and a base plate 612. The external shape of the piercing componentis different from modification 1, but the filtering effects are better.

Besides, a piercing point 642 is a polygonal pyramid, the correspondingpiercing base 632 is a cylinder, and three filtering holes 652 penetratethe cylinder piercing base and the base plate 612. The external shape ofthe piercing component is different from embodiment 1, but the filteringeffects are similar to embodiment 1.

Besides, the piercing point 64 could be also a polygonal pyramid, thecorresponding piercing base 63 is a multi-edged prism, and pluralfiltering holes 65 penetrate the piercing base and the base plate. Theexternal shape of the piercing component is different from embodiment 1,but the filtering effects are similar to embodiment 1.

The piercing point 64 could be also a polygonal pyramid, thecorresponding piercing base 63 is a multi-edged prism or cylinder, andplural filtering holes 65 penetrate the piercing point, the piercingbase and the base plate. The external shape of the piercing component isdifferent from embodiment 1, but the filtering effects are similar toembodiment 1.

The shapes of the piercing point 64 and the piercing base 63 aredifferent, but they both ensure the piercing point 64 pierces thesealing cover 11 of the beverage substance cartridge 1, and keep goodtightness.

The substance in the cartridge body is any one of or at least two of tealeaf, dried vegetable, dried fruit and Chinese medicinal herb. Thebeverage producing system of the invention could produce tea drinks,fruit and vegetable drinks, Chinese medicinal herb health care drinks,etc., and some tea could be brewed for more than one time.

To sum up, the invention has the following advantages and positiveeffects:

The invention provides the beverage substance cartridge, the teafiltering apparatus, the beverage producing equipment, the beverageproducing system and the beverage producing method to efficiently filtertea leaf and get rid of the trouble of clearing used tea leavesmanually. Wherein the beverage substance cartridge is used inconjunction with the tea filtering apparatus, the piercing point of thetriangular pyramid structure could pierce the sealing cover of thebeverage substance cartridge and then form matrix-shaped filtering holesin the sealing cover, brewed tea water could flow out, and used tea leafis left in the extracting cartridge, so the filtering process is simpleand convenient without clearing away tea leaves manually.

1. A beverage substance cartridge, comprising: a cartridge body whichaccommodates substance for beverage production and a sealing cover toseal said substance in said cartridge body, wherein said sealing coverincludes at least two layers of sealing film made of differentsubstances.
 2. The beverage substance cartridge according to claim 1,wherein said sealing cover consists three layers of said sealing film,said three layers of sealing film are an inner layer of sealing film, amiddle layer of sealing film and an outer layer of sealing film, whichare in sequence from inside of said cartridge body to outside of saidcartridge body.
 3. The beverage substance cartridge according to claim2, wherein said inner layer of sealing film is made of propene polymermaterial, said middle layer of sealing film is made of aluminum foilmaterial, and said outer layer of sealing film is made of polyethyleneterephthalate material.
 4. The beverage substance cartridge according toclaim 1, wherein said substance is any one of or a combination of atleast two of tea leaf, dried vegetable, dried fruit and Chinesemedicinal herb.
 5. A filtering apparatus which provides a filteringfunction for said beverage substance cartridge according to claim 1,comprising: a base plate which corresponds to the shape of said beveragesubstance cartridge, wherein on front surface of said base plate, pluralpiercing components are evenly set which could pierce said sealing coverof said beverage substance cartridge, said piercing component includes apiercing base which is set on said base plate and a piercing point whichis forming integrated with said piercing base, said base plate is setwith plural filtering holes.
 6. The filtering apparatus according toclaim 5, wherein said front surface is a convex arc surface.
 7. Thefiltering apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said piercing point isa multi-edge pyramid, said piercing base is a multi-edge cylinder, saidplural filtering holes run through piercing points, said piercing baseand said base plate.
 8. The filtering apparatus according to claim 5,wherein said piercing point is a multi-edge pyramid, said piercing baseis a cylinder, and said plural filtering holes run through said piercingpoints, said piercing base and said base plate.
 9. The filteringapparatus according to claim 5, wherein said piercing point is a cone,said piercing base is a cylinder, and said plural filtering holes runthrough said piercing points, said piercing base and said base plate.10. The filtering apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said piercingpoint is a polygonal pyramid, said piercing base is a polygonalcylinder, and said plural filtering holes run through said base plate.11. The filtering apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said piercingpoint is a polygonal pyramid, said piercing base is a cylinder, and saidplural filtering holes run through said piercing base and said baseplate.
 12. The filtering apparatus according to claim 5, wherein saidpiercing point is a polygonal pyramid, said piercing base is amulti-edge cylinder, and said plural filtering holes run through saidpiercing base and said base plate.
 13. The filtering apparatus accordingto claim 12, wherein said piercing point is of triangular pyramidstructure, said piercing base is a triangular prismoid, said filteringhole is set between two adjacent edges on said base plate, and threesaid plural filtering holes are set at the root of every said piercingpoint.
 14. The filtering apparatus according to claim 5, wherein thematerial of said filtering apparatus is aluminum or propene polymerplastic.
 15. A beverage producing equipment which uses said beveragesubstance cartridge described in claim 1, for beverage production,comprising: a beverage substance cartridge putting section which putsaid beverage substance cartridge; a water supplying section whichsupply water for beverage production; a brewing apparatus which brewssaid substance into beverage; a filtering apparatus which filtersbeverage brewed from said brewing apparatus; and a water exportingsection which exports beverage filtered from said filtering apparatus.16. The beverage producing equipment according to claim 15, wherein saidfiltering apparatus also includes a funnel buckled on the back surfaceof said base plate, said funnel is sealed and connected with said baseplate, and the water outlet of said funnel is connected with said waterexporting section.
 17. The beverage producing equipment according toclaim 15, further comprising: a driving apparatus to make said sealingfilm of said beverage substance cartridge pierced by said filteringapparatus and make the central axis of said beverage substance cartridgeconsistent with the central axis of said base plate.
 18. The beverageproducing equipment according to claim 17, wherein the included anglebetween said central axis of said base plate of said filtering apparatusand horizontal is a 60° angle.
 19. The beverage producing equipmentaccording to claim 15, wherein said brewing apparatus has a heatingsection which heats the water supplied by said water supplying section,a water filling section which fills the heated water to said beveragesubstance cartridge and a steeping section which steeps said substance.20. The beverage producing equipment according to claim 15, furthercomprising: a controlling section which sends a controlling command tosaid beverage substance cartridge putting section, said water supplyingsection, said brewing apparatus, said driving apparatus, said filteringapparatus and said water exporting section.
 21. A beverage producingsystem, comprising: said beverage producing equipment described in claim20, and said beverage substance cartridge described in claim
 1. 22. Abeverage producing method which uses said beverage producing systemdescribed in claim 21 for beverage production, comprising: the followingsteps: 1) putting said beverage substance cartridge in said beveragesubstance cartridge putting section; 2) said driving apparatus slantwisemoves said beverage substance cartridge putting section and pushestowards said filtering apparatus; 3) said driving apparatus pushes saidbeverage substance cartridge putting section to said filteringapparatus; 4) said piercing points on said filtering apparatus piercesaid sealing cover said beverage substance cartridge, and said piercingpoints are embedded in said sealing cover; 5) said piercing points andsaid sealing cover have good sealing performance, and plural filteringholes in said piercing points and said sealing cover form a filteringscreen in conjunction to filter substance; 6) said water filling sectionfills water to said beverage substance cartridge and brews saidsubstance in said beverage substance cartridge; 7) said filteringapparatus filters brewed beverage out through said filtering screenduring brewing; 8) said beverage filtered from said filtering screen istransported to said water exporting section through said funnel; and 9)said water exporting section exports said beverage filtered.